Societal Trolley Problems: What concepts will my drunk friends run over in their trolley?
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835Ṁ407
resolved May 12
Resolved
YES
Left Track: Twitter (NO) - Right Track: Facebook (YES)
Resolved
YES
Left Track: Death by Aging (NO) - Right Track: Death by Disease (YES)
Resolved
YES
Left track: Social Media (NO) - Right Track: Pornography (YES)
Resolved
YES
Left Track: Unjust War (NO) - Right Track: Unjustified Crime (YES)
Resolved
NO
Left Track: Artificial Intelligence (NO) - Right Track: Nuclear Energy/Weapons (YES)
Resolved
NO
Left Track: Religion (NO) - Right Track: Opioids (YES)
Resolved
NO
Left Track: Global poverty (NO) - Right Track: A 50% cut to their disposable income (YES)

Previously:

/Joshua/what-will-manifold-want-to-ban-most

The Societal Trolley is heading towards two problems in society. The problem they run over is magically erased from the current world. People know it existed, but none of them will miss it and nothing like it will ever come into existence again.

The next time my friends are drunk and bored I am going to show them this market, and ask them to choose if they would run over the things on the left track (NO resolution) or the right track (YES resolution). Each option resolves based on a majority vote of the friends who give an answer. I will break any ties myself.

You can submit any trolley problems you think would be fun for this. If people trade on your trolley problem, you'll get trader bonuses/fees! You should try to submit options that are tough to decide on, as this will probably get you more traders. I reserve the right to N/A answers for quality control.

I may also show my friends arguments from the comments that you have about why they should run over the left track or right track. If it helps, you can decently model my friends' political/philosophical opinions as those typical reddit user with a sprinkling of leftism and transhumanism. You can also try to predict their opinions from the markets I made about our TV and Movie viewing preferences.

The most common time for me to have my friends all in one place and drunk is Saturday nights, but I'll keep extending the close date as long as I think this is a fun idea.

See also: /Joshua/societal-trolley-problems-what-conc

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